Thanks for your time guys. When I use @Name("org.jboss.seam.security.identity") I get the ff error. javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: /layout/menu.xhtml @13,95 rendered="#{identity.loggedIn}": Exception getting value of property loggedIn of base of type : com.baisidirect.action.MyIdentity_$$_javassist_5 If I extend Identity instead, then deployment fails entirely. I also verified that seam.properties is at the root of jar that contains MyIdentity What gives?. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4052589#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...